Park Day with Aunt Kim

Aunt Kim flew into Detroit to do some business nearby and we were lucky enough to get to spend a bit of time with her! It was unusually warm so we went to the park where we played in the sand, Andres got to play some soccer and we learned that Eliana loves the slide.

Wax Museum at School

Addie has been excited about this Wax Museum project since the 3rd graders did it last year. She decided to study and portray Jane Goodall. It's been fun for all of us, and surprisingly hard to find interesting women from history. She did a great job and had a lot of fun.

Dex goes under

Dexter has been having some difficulty breathing and we discovered that he has really, really huge adenoids. So, we had them removed. It really is nice to have a good children's hospital so close - they did a great job with everything and Dex did really well. He of course, did not like the waking up part. But, by the afternoon I had to remind him that he needed to rest and not run around like he was trying to do. And he sure did like the popsicles.

Tree Day

This day, March 8th, will forever be know as Tree Day, or the day the tree fell on our house. This rather large pine tree that stood right next to our house made our day pretty exciting. There were massive winds that whole day, upwards of 80mph. I remembered driving around that afternoon seeing trees and wondering how they didn't just blow away. Later that afternoon, Dexter Eliana and I were all in the front room. About 3:45, I got a text from Jason saying that he was headed home. I was standing right between the front door and the front window when I heard a huge whoosh from outside. I looked out the window and all I could see was tree. I went outside and this is what I found:

We were actually very lucky that there wasn't more damage. None of the windows were broken, and there was only minimal damage to the roof. Because of the winds, all of the tree removal companies were booked solid so we had to wait several days and eventually our landlord did it all himself.

Then we had to wait even more days till they came to get the huge pile of chopped up tree. The kids did find a fun way to use that, though.